Species Aspidiotus serratus Froggatt, 1914

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• Aspidiotus serrata Froggatt, W.W. 1914. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects (Coccidae) of Australia. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 25: 311- 319 [318] [species epithet emended to serratus by Ferris (1941) for gender agreement].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM ♀, Pera Bore, Darling River, NSW.

  Type host:

   Acacia cambagei F.Muell. ex R.T.Baker [MIMOSACEAE]

  Secondary source:

   Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [48] (emendation).
• Aspidiotus serratus Ferris, G.F. 1941. The genus Aspidiotus (Homoptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae). (Contribution No. 28). Microentomology 6(2): 33-70 [48] [emendation].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Pera Bore Darling River.

Ecological Descriptors

Sap-feeder (associated flora: Acacia cambagei R.T.Baker [FABACEAE] Gidgee; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

Species Note

Ferris, 1941 — preoccupied by serratus Newell & Cockerell.

General References

MacGillivray, A.D. 1921. The Coccidae. Tables for the identification of the subfamilies and some of the more important genera and species together with discussions of their anatomy and life history. Urbana, Illinois : Scarab Company vi 502 pp. [387] (as Aspidiotus serrata Froggatt)

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